Temora area blaze declared bushfire emergency

Firefighters are still trying to contain a blaze near Temora that was sparked by lightning last night.

The blaze has burnt out more than 315 hectares of scrub about 10 kilometres south-east of Barmedman.

Anthony Clark from the Rural Fire Service says there is no direct threat to property at this stage, but residents should be prepared in case the weather conditions take a turn for the worse.

"We saw some fairly significant fire activity last night," he said.

"Despite it being night-time the fire was actually crowning - that's where the fire moves up into the canopy of the trees.

"It is burning in some fairly inaccessible terrain at the moment.

"We have established a perimeter around the fire and we have been doing some back-burning in an effort to contain it.

"This fire was declared a bushfire emergency at around three o'clock this morning simply because of the nature of the terrain and also the hot conditions that we are expecting over the next couple of days."

Firefighting aircraft will be called in today to help fight the blaze.

A small fire eight kilometres north of Hillston was contained shortly before midnight AEDT.

Another blaze has burnt five hectares at a property eight kilometres south of Cootamundra.

Three separate fires in the Tumut region which started on the weekend have now burnt nearly 200 hectares.